ROH Death Before Dishonor

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Death Before Dishonor is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. [1] [2] [3] The event was initially held in 2003, and is traditionally one of ROH's biggest signature events in the calendar year. The 2010 edition of the show was ROH's third internet pay-per-view, and the third ROH show to be broadcast live. The 2011 and 2012 editions were also broadcast as internet pay-per-views. The 2020 event was scheduled for an unspecified date but was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

ROH Death Before Dishonor
Promotions Ring of Honor
First eventDeath Before Dishonor (2003)

Dates and venues

Event [4] Date [4] VenueCity [4] Main event [4]
Death Before Dishonor (2003)July 19, 2003Rex Plex Elizabeth, New Jersey Samoa Joe (c) vs. Paul London for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor 2: Part OneJuly 23, 2004Muellner Building Wauwatosa, Wisconsin The Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) (c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a Two Out of Three Falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Death Before Dishonor 2: Part TwoJuly 24, 2004Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Second City Saints (CM Punk and Ace Steel) vs. Dan Maff and B. J. Whitmer in a Chicago Street Fight
Death Before Dishonor III June 18, 2005 Mennen Sports Arena Morristown, New Jersey Austin Aries (c) vs. CM Punk for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor IV July 15, 2006National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ROH (Samoa Joe, Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, Ace Steel and Homicide) vs. CZW (Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Necro Butcher, Nate Webb and Eddie Kingston) in a Cage of Death
Death Before Dishonor V: Night OneAugust 10, 2007 Roxbury Community College Boston, Massachusetts Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico in a Boston Street Fight
Death Before Dishonor V: Night TwoAugust 11, 2007National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Resilience (Austin Aries, Matt Cross and Erick Stevens) and Delirious vs. No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong, Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) and Matt Sydal in a Philadelphia Street Fight
Death Before Dishonor VI August 2, 2008 Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, New York Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Tyler Black in a Four-Way Elimination match for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor VII: Night OneJuly 24, 2009 Ted Reeve Arena Toronto, Ontario Austin Aries (c) vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black in a Four Corner Survival match for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor VII: Night TwoJuly 25, 2009 Ted Reeve Arena Toronto, Ontario Chris Hero vs. Lance Storm
Death Before Dishonor VIII June 19, 2010 Ted Reeve Arena Toronto, Ontario Tyler Black (c) vs. Davey Richards for the ROH World Championship [5]
Death Before Dishonor IX September 17, 2011 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) in Ladder War III
Death Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency September 15, 2012Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Kevin Steen (c) vs. Rhino in a No Disqualification match for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XI September 20, 2013Pennsylvania National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin in the final match of the ROH World Championship tournament
Death Before Dishonor XII: Night One August 22, 2014The Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, Wisconsin Michael Elgin (c) vs. Silas Young for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XII: Night Two August 23, 2014Frontier FieldhouseChicago Ridge, Illinois Michael Elgin (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XIII July 24, 2015William J Myers PavilionBaltimore, Maryland Jay Lethal (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XIV August 19, 2016 Sam's Town Live Sunrise Manor, Nevada Jay Lethal (c) vs. Adam Cole for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XV September 22, 2017Sam's Town Live Sunrise Manor, Nevada Cody (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XVI September 28, 2018 Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada Jay Lethal (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XVII September 27, 2019Sam's Town Live Sunrise Manor, Nevada Matt Taven (c) vs. Rush for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor XVIII September 12, 2021 2300 Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bandido (c) vs. Brody King vs. Demonic Flamita vs. EC3 for the ROH World Championship
Death Before Dishonor (2022) July 23, 2022 Tsongas Center Lowell, Massachusetts FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a Two-out-of-three-falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Death Before Dishonor (2023) July 21, 2023 CURE Insurance Arena Trenton, New Jersey Athena (c) vs. Willow Nightingale for the ROH Women's World Championship
Death Before Dishonor (2024) July 26, 2024 Esports Stadium Arlington Arlington, Texas Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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